Alpha Index:

A fascinating introduction to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s pioneering members - women who have been active, visionary barrier breakers, seizing every opportunity to make a difference throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This exhibit ensures that their empowering stories continue to inspire and are not left out of recorded history.

Anderson, Marian

Listing Details

Region:

North Atlantic Region

Chapter:

Honorary Member

Contribution:

First African American member of the Metropolitan Opera (1955). This pioneering Honorary Soror and internationally celebrated singer performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, establishing a precedent for the coming civil rights era. She became the first African American woman to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963).